ETC: Everyday Thoughts Collected

A documentary of the lone survivor
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Voiceover … “Tonight on Spider Survivor Stories …”
::: no intro ::: sudden close up of a lanky but still fierce Spider :::
::: Throwing four of his eight legs up in exasperation ::: “It all happened so suddenly! ”
::: camera change to right profile shot catching a nice reflection of the [...]

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Speaking of high verbal quotients, as of this post, the general stats in my sidebar says that I have
1,346 Posts
5,833 Comments
535,835 Words in Posts
370,046 Words in comments
Now I know that I have a high verbal quotient for a man. I am cool with it but… come on … I got y’all beat by almost 166,000 [...]

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Visit Wordle
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This was one of my early photos taken here in Orlando. I am in the process of restoring over a thousand photos to my flickr account. If you are interested in keeping up with these additions and new photos, feel free to check me out on Flickr. Oh, and the guy in the picture’s arm [...]

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Dear Wallpaper Glue Inventor,
I don’t know who you are or why you are so mean but I just wanted you to know that I have joined the minions who consider your product as something diabolical. Oh sure, there was a time in the third hour of scrubbing the same square foot of wall that I [...]

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I hope I spelled “doldrums” write right …
Have you let your blog go? It’s easy enough to do - this series of posts explores 10 ways that bloggers ‘let their blogs go’ and what they can do about it.
[From 10 Ways to Let Your Blog Go and What to Do About It]
LOVE the picture of [...]

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Today I was cleaning out my desk and I found all kinds of stuff. I love being a random thinker (not ADD… just random) because anytime I clean out anything its like a whole new adventure of, “wow! I remember that!”
I like the picture with the “know it all” ribbon. It is funny. My Aunt [...]

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So, since I have a Summer Guest (Perry) I keep my bedroom door closed at night. I woke up this morning and it was a bit cold. I opened the bedroom door to pop around the corner to turn the temp up. I am full on Chewbacca hair, in my PJ’s and legally blind since [...]

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more cat pictures
I crack up every time I see this one and ironically … I can relate to both cats.
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This is an excellent article:
I was just doing an interview on an Aussie radio station and was asked to name some traits of successful bloggers. My initial reaction was to giggle - because no two successful bloggers are the same - however as I began to answer I realized that there are some common traits [...]

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